3GSM, Barcelona - February 2006 - 3GVision, a leading provider of camera recognition solutions for mobile devices, announced today that Sony Ericsson has selected the 3GVision Scanning Dictionary to be preloaded on the Memory Stick of the Sony Ericsson flagship Wi-Fi enabled UMTS smartphone, the P990.

3GVision Scanning Dictionary is the world's first mobile phone dictionary to use the camera to read text. The Scanning Dictionary allows you to simply point with your camera phone at any word you want to translate, take a picture of the text and the application will immediately translate it. Scanning Dictionary can be used on any printed text: Book or Screen, Billboard or Newspaper. Anywhere there is printed text. Take a picture. Point - click - translate!

Scanning Dictionary is a perfect travel companion. It will translate menus in restaurants, train tickets, local newspapers, driving directions and any other text. Simply point and click - translate!

'We are excited that the Scanning Dictionary by 3GVision will be launched for the first time with the P990. This novel application matches the innovative nature of our flagship smartphone, and addresses real needs of mobile phone users,' said Ulf Wretling, Director, Head of Content Planning & Management at Sony Ericsson.

Scanning Dictionary also supports all standard dictionary features such as Search, History, Word matching and more. 3GVision Scanning Dictionary also includes a Word Shuffle game.

'Scanning Dictionary is an excellent example of the value of the camera for mobile phones,' said Mendy Mendelsohn, Founder and CEO of 3GVision, 'It is a good demonstration of the smart role of the camera in the mobile phone future.'

Scanning Dictionary is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, traditional Chinese and German.

Scanning Dictionary will be available as a Try & Buy application on the Memory Stick, with a link directly from the phone to the Sony Ericsson Application Shop for easy purchase and download after the trial period.

About 3GVision
Established in 2000, 3GVision is the acknowledged market leader in camera recognition solutions for mass-market mobile devices. 3GVision develops and markets innovative solutions that turn the mobile camera into a smart input device. 3GVision solutions include: Two Dimensional Bar Code Reader, delivering accurate recognition for pre-coded information; OCR (Optical Character Recognition), for recognition of printed texts of any kind, for 'recognition on the go'; Fax Scanner, turning the mobile phone into a truly portable document scanner and fax machine. Motion Detection Engine, for natural and intuitive application and gaming control. 3GVision also offers Business Card Reader, Scanning Dictionary, Motion Detection games and Fax Scanner

3GVision Two Dimensional QR Code Reader is present in two out of every three QR Code enabled phones launched in Japan, making 3GVision the key supplier for embedded recognition technologies in the first commercial deployment of camera recognition technologies.

Additional information about 3GVision is available at http://www.3gvision.com/.

Director Business Development & Sales

3GVision
Telephone: +972 3634 2929
E-mail: efrat@3gvision.com